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TIL In 1976, Bob Marley planned a Non-Political Free Concert 'Smile Jamaica' which led to an Assassination Attempt. Bob would Survive & Perform the 90-Minute Set, still Healing from the Gunshot Wound.

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d84ZB TIL Simon. Simon was the ship's cat who served on the Royal Navy sloop HMS Amethyst. In 1949, during the Yangtze Incident, he received the PDSA's Dickin Medal after surviving injuries from a cannon shell, raising morale, and killing off a rat infestation during his service.
v178D TIL former first lady Helen Herron Taft declared that all waiters in the White House would need to have a full head of hair, and banned all bald-headed butlers from the dining room.
pY5NZ TIL Martial Art Master Bruce Lee was born in the USA and died in Hong Kong.
wL8M TIL superhero is a trademark co-owned by DC and Marvel Comics, and no one else is permitted to use it on the cover of any comic book or magazine.
P1EWn TIL about the UW Lozenge. A ‘breath mint’ that is under development that could rebuild decaying teeth with just two of the lozenges a day.